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FRANK 1V. ALLEN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CUFF-=FASTENING.

S-ZPECIPECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,415, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed January 28, 1888. Serial No. 262,277.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. ALLEN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in CuffFastenings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this application.

My improvement relates to fastenings for attaching culls to sleeves, and is of that kind where a metal shank is provided at one end with a button that passes through the buttonholes of the cuff and at the other end with a springclasp that fastens to the sleeve. Such devices are already known, and such Ido not broadly claim.

My invention consists in the combination, with a hollow shank, of a wire to which the button is attached, said wire running in the shank and provided at the inner end with a hook that forms a spring bearing against the sides of the shank and holding the button at any adjustment.

It further consists of the combination, with such a device, of a spring-clasp hinged so as to turn down at right angles to the shank and in the vertical plane of the same, as and for the purpose hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a cull and sleeve provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fastening device, a portion of the shank being shown in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. at is a detail View showing the hook on the inner end of the sliding wire.

A indicates the cuff, and B the sleeve.

My improvement is as follows:

C is ahollow met-a1 shank of flattened shape, made from a strip of sheet metal bent in proper form.

Dis a wire, to which the button E is attached at the outer end. At the inner end the wire is bent to form a hook, a, whose width is such as to slide inside the metal shank.

Instead of a wire, a small fiat metal bar may be used. The wire is made of spring-brass or other metal that is elastic, and the hook really forms a spring that bears against the opposite sides of the interior of the shank and holds the wire firmly at any adjustment, but allows it to (N0 model slide out and in when proper force is applied, the device being thus extensible.

The object of this invention is to produce a simple and effective device for the purpose, and to avoid the complex and costly ones now in use, and the simple wire with a spring-hook end sliding in the hollow shank is exceedingly cheap and simple. hen desired, the wire can be drawn entirely out of the shank and can be easily inserted again.

1 is a notch cut in one edge of the metal shank. hen the wire is drawn outward, the end of the hook strikes against the edge of the notch and prevents withdrawal till the end of the hook is pressed down by the finger-nail to pass the notch.

Gis the spring-clasp at the inner end of the shank. It is of usual form, consisting of two serrated jaws forced together by a spring, said jaws serving to catch the sleeve of the shirt. This clasp, however, differs from others by being hinged at c to the shank, so as to turn downward vertically in the plane of the shank, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. By this means the clasp can be turned down in proper position to catch the sleeve easily, which it could not do so readily ifstift'. When released, the clasp will turn again in line with the shank by reason of the weight of the cuff. It is more effective than those devices in which the clasp is pivoted to turn in the horizontal plane of the shank, such devices being well known. The wire, with the spring-hook before described, can, however, be used effectively with a shank having a stiff clasp or one pivoted to turn horizontally.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cud-fastener, the combination of a hollow metal shank having a clasp at one end and a wire with a button attached, said wire having at the inner end a hook-stem which runs in the shank and bears against the sides, said hook forming a spring to hold the wire at any adjustment, as herein shown and described.

2. In a cuff-fastener, the combination of a hollow metal shank having a clasp at one end and provided with a notch in one edge and a wire with a button attached, having at the into turn down vertically, as and for the pur- 1o pose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signedmy name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK W. ALLEN. Witnesses:

R. F. OsGoon,

P. A. CosTIoH. 

